On Sun, 24 May 2015 19:01:33 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
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>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 12:45:24 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
>> wrote:
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>>>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Sun, 24 May 2015 09:39:02 -0700, sf > wrote:
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>>>>>On Sun, 24 May 2015 17:08:09 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>>> Are there many posters here from California? I haven't heard anyone
>>>>>> speaking about it. Are you not all very worried?
>>>>>
>>>>>Of course we're worried, but we're hoping for a wet winter.
>>>>
>>>> Be careful what you wish for. . .look what has happened to the drought
>>>> in Texas. Boats, anyone?
>>>> Janet US
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>>>We get most of our water from winter snowpack. So no flooding problems.
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>> I was really thinking of torrential rain hitting your burned-off,
>> fragile hillsides.
>> Janet US
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>It's happened. Fire season is going to be terrinble this year.
>
Here too. Although we do not have any burnt off hillsides around the
city, we have had a lot of spring rain -- just enough to put a lot of
fuel up there. Elsewhere we have burnt off mountain sides from the
fires of last year and the year before plus insect killed trees. The
whole West is going to burn up.
Janet US